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Baku conference decries Western 'Islamophobia’
A conference of Muslim countries in Azerbaijan this week decried growing Islamophobia in the West in the wake of a furore sparked by the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in several European
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Second bus route opens across divided Kashmir
A second bus service rolled between the Indian and Pakistani zones of disputed Kashmir on Tuesday, 14 months after an initial launch was hailed as a symbol of peace between the rivals.
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Tigers recommit to truce, safety of monitors
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Tuesday recommitted to the island's 2002 ceasefire and said they had told mediator Norway that they will ensure the safety of Nordic truce monitors.
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Taylor flown out for trial in the Hague
Liberia's former president Charles Taylor, once one of Africa's most feared warlords, was flown out of Sierra Leone on an unmarked UN aircraft Tuesday to stand trial for some of the continent's worstwar
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52 arrested in Sicily Mafia crackdown
Fifty-two people, including the alleged heads of 13 Mafia families, were arrested at dawn Tuesday in Sicily in a major crackdown on organizing crime, anti-Mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso said.
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Tom Cruise wants ten children
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise said Tuesday he would be happy to father ten children after he and his fiancee Katie Holmes had their first baby girl. "I always wanted to be a father.
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